This is me at 5 months (never mind the picture if it is small as I don’t want to zoom my face because it is full of pimples and blackheads that I really need blackhead remover. LOL).

I am now on my second trimester and I am savoring every moment of it because I think this is the most comfortable stage of my pregnancy

• Morning sickness and my everyday dizziness are already gone.
• My appetite is back and I am now eating more and I am back to loving sweets again (which I know is bad because I should be monitoring my weight gain but I miss eating sweets and desserts).
• I was able to go back to work already though I sometimes still feel pain in my back which means I still have to take it slow.

I will have my check up again on March 6 and by the third week of March, we will have our Congenital Anomaly Scan (so we are hoping to know the gender of the baby) and our 3D ultrasound.

We are so excited already but I am really praying that the results of the Congenital Anomaly Scan will all be okay. Please pray for me and my baby.

I need to look for hemorrhoid creams because I promise my friend that I will help her find one but I am just too excited to postpone blogging about my husband so i will continue my search after I post this.

I read a message or comment made by one of his staff about him and I quote:

“I would just like to say that Howell is a very good supervisor. He knows what we need and he earns our respect.”

I am all smiles from ear to ear upon reading this. I know that Howell is really doing a good job managing his staff because I know how dedicated he is with his job but reading this comment made by his staff is a true testament of how good a boss he is. Respect is something that is difficult to earn and I am so happy knowing that his staff is following his lead not because they are afraid of him because he is the boss, but because they are doing it because they have their full trust and respect for Howell. I think that is the most important – to gain your people’s trust and respect which really helped in him being a good leader.

I am glad that things are really doing well with Howell’ career. When the opening for the Supervisor position was announced, I know in my heart that he will surely get the promotion. He has been working really hard and he really has the right attitude and the right disposition in life to be a leader.

Congrats again dad for doing a great job. Bela and I are so proud of you!!

We woke up early to have breakfast as we need to be at the airport early for our 11:20 AM flight. We checked out after breakfast and we were able to get a cab just outside the hotel. I checked our tickets and it did not mention which terminal our flight is leaving and so I just asked the driver to take us to the budget terminal because I assumed that Air Asia is a budget airline. When we arrived in the budget terminal, I was in panic when we found out that Air Asia is in their International Terminal and we only have less than 1.5 hours left to catch our flight.

There is a bus that can take us to the international terminal but we figured it will be faster if we take a cab so we run to the Taxi stand to get a cab going to the International terminal. The International terminal is really big and Air Asia has a lot of customers so there was a long queue at their check-in counter. We were really running to go to our gate as there is only 30 minutes left when we’re finish with the check in and security check. Good thing we made it just in time for our flight.

When we arrived in KL, we we’re instructed by the conference organizer to book a taxi before we go out of the airport and that is what we did. But the parking for the taxi is a little far from the gate where we exited. I find it also chaotic and disorganized that it took us a while before we were able to ride a cab.

The airport is also far from downtown and it is more than an hour drive. We arrived at KL around 12:10 but we arrived at our hotel pass 1 PM already. The hotel is also fully booked so it took us a while also before we we’re able to get to our room.

After checking in, we just had lunch at the nearby mall which is just beside our hotel. I will attend the ice breaker as the first event for the conference and since we really had a very tiring day and so we just went back to our hotel to sleep and rest after eating lunch.

Howell and Bela waited for me at our hotel room and since we don't have energy left to go out for dinner, Howell just bought take out food from Mc Donalds and we call it a night after that.

You can view more pictures here.

I was reading about richard willich as recommended by a friend which is really a very good read but I can’t seem to concentrate on what I am doing because of the noise that my neighbor is making. Since this morning, they have been doing videoke non stop. I was not able to take my afternoon nap because I can’t help but hear every song that they are singing. It is almost 12 midnight but they don’t seem to run out of songs to sing.

I know Filipinos love to sing. I remember when we had our shower party for my friend Lala and we went to a videoke bar and we stayed up late too because we enjoyed it so much but don’t they have other better things to do than to sing the whole day?

I know this is beginning to sound like a rant and I don’t want my blog to be filled with rants but for crying out loud, don’t they realize that there are people like me in the neighborhood who need to wake up early tomorrow because we have much better things to do at work. Sighhhh. I guess that is all I can do for now. This is a democratic country I guess so they can just do whatever they want.

I was reading for colonix review on the net and it made me realized that health is really the most important thing for our family. That is why we should be prepared financially so we always have the budget for all our health needs.

That is why hubby is really working really hard and is working double time to earn enough money to support for our family. One of the things that he is busy right now is his online toy store. He found a business partner for his long time dream of having his own toy store. For now he will start with an online store and you can check out some of his items on sale here.

It is still at its soft opening and he is still not finish uploading all the pictures of the toys that he has on sale but do check out the site once in a while for updates on new toys that he is selling. He also accepts pre-orders for items like Leapfrog toys (Leapster, Clickstart, Lmax), Vtech toys and other children’s educational toys.

For any inquiries, you can leave a message at his multiply site: My Toy Store or you can send him an SMS at 0920-9232913.

Good luck to your new business venture dad.